Java

SFTP use Cert's Private Key for Authentication (Windows)

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Demonstrates how to use the private key of a pre-installed certificate (on Windows) for SFTP authentication. The certificate's private key must be marked as "exportable" when originally installed. Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkCert cert = new CkCert();

    // Load the certificate from the Windows certificate store
    success = cert.LoadByCommonName("my_cert_common_name");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Get the private key.  
    CkPrivateKey privKey = new CkPrivateKey();
    success = cert.GetPrivateKey(privKey);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(cert.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String privKeyPem = privKey.getPkcs8Pem();
    if (privKey.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(privKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkSshKey sshKey = new CkSshKey();
    success = sshKey.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(privKeyPem);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(sshKey.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Connect to an SSH/SFTP server
    CkSFtp sftp = new CkSFtp();
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",22);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Authenticate with the SSH server using a username + private key.
    // (The private key serves as the password.  The username identifies
    // the SSH user account on the server.)
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePk("mySshLogin",sshKey);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("OK, the connection and authentication with the SSH server is completed.");

    // This example is only to show the connection + authentication using a private key associated with a certificate in the Windows certificate store...
  }
}